Seth Tupper
Supervising senior producerSeth grew up in Wessington Springs and Kimball, graduated from Kimball High School, and earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from South Dakota State University.
He previously reported for the Rapid City Journal, The Daily Republic in Mitchell, and The Daily Globe in Worthington, Minnesota.
He is the author of "Calvin Coolidge in the Black Hills," a contributor to the Fodor's guidebook "The Black Hills of South Dakota," and the co-author of "Surviving the '72 Flood."
He won a national Edward R. Murrow Award in 2021 for his investigative report on the political and environmental ramifications of fireworks displays at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
Seth is based at SDPB's Black Hills Studio in Rapid City.
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The leaders of the Black Hills National Forest plan to reduce logging levels. This comes after several years of debate about sustainability in the forest. -
Zay Jeffries might be the most remarkable South Dakotan you’ve never heard of. In the early 1900s, he helped popularize a revolutionary metal composite. And Jeffries was part of an effort to dominate that industry. The work led to criminal charges that landed him in court 80 years ago today. Along the way, Jeffries’ fate intersected with two presidents – one gave him a medal, and the other gave him a pardon.
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An old-fashioned meeting, courting, and marriage as told by Don Konechne, an 88-year-old farmer and rancher from just outside Rapid City. -
The school superintendent in Mitchell says the number of protesters is declining outside the high school as students adjust to a new mask requirement.… -
NewsNew state laws add some requirements for teenagers to get a driver’s license. Dan Lusk is with the South Dakota Department of Public Safety. He says the… -
NewsLegal marijuana sales are happening in South Dakota for the first time, but it’s only for medical purposes and there’s only one place to shop so far. The… -
NewsResults from a new statewide study scratch beneath the surface of South Dakota stereotypes. South Dakota Public Broadcasting worked on the study with the… -
NewsThe company behind a long-lingering uranium mine proposal wants to start the state permitting process, but opponents say state hearings are premature…
